The Race on Mermaid Reef

A fast-paced modern fable with the moral "Work smarter, not harder." Skip is a seahorse who swims slowly but thinks fast. When he challenges Abby the braggy crab to a long-distance swim, his clever idea is not to swim HARDER, but to swim SMARTER. Will it be enough to win THE RACE ON MERMAID REEF? Abby the crab likes to brag that she's the best at running, swimming, and burrowing! Skip and his friends get tired of her constant bragging and challenge Abby to a series of races. No matter how hard they try, Abby always wins. Skip, who's not a good swimmer, needs a clever idea to beat Abby. With a witty idea and lot of effort, even a seahorse (the slowest species of fish in the sea) can win over a braggy crab. Join Skip, Abby, Lola, and Ray as they learn that working smarter is more important that working harder. In the final pages, young readers learn fun facts about marine animals and about currents in our oceans. Featuring the fun and memorable sea creatures of MERMAID REEF (Mermaids Don